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Cone Health using radar technology to better treat heart failure
Congestive heart failure is one of the most common reasons elderly people end up in the hospital. When this happens fluid builds up in the lungs and patients have trouble breathing. Cone Health is the first in the country to use a new technology to measure the amount of fluid in the lungs in the inpatient hospital setting. “Now we have a device that lets us know in 90 seconds whether there ...
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Over 30% Reduction in Unnecessary Head CT Scans When Integrating FDA-Cleared BrainScope One
BrainScope announced today the publication of a study conducted by physicians at Washington University Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis in the peer-reviewed journal The American Journal of Emergency Medicine entitled “Reduction in unnecessary CT scans head-injury in the emergency department using an FDA cleared device." The study demonstrated that the FDA-cleared BrainScope One ...
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Study links California hospitalizations to hotter weather
Rising temperatures have already impacted the health of thousands of Californians, according to a paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), written by scientists at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits,” describes the enormous health impacts of California’s severe heat wave in ...
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WHO: Nearly 99% of World Population Breathes Poor-Quality Air
The WHO says 99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds its air-quality limits and is often rife with particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the veins and arteries, and cause disease. The UN health agency, about six months after tightening its guidelines on air quality, on Monday issued an update to its database on air quality that draws on information from cities, ...
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New resource to help older adults prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Do you know how to tell the difference between carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and the flu? The answer to this and other questions about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning can be found in a new fact sheet developed by EPA. Symptoms could be the result of CO poisoning when you feel better when you are away from home or the symptoms occur or get worse shortly after turning on a fuel-burning ...
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EPA Honors Maine, Michigan Programs for Serving as National Models for Cutting-Edge Asthma Care
(Washington, D.C.) Commemorating World Asthma Day -- May 1 -- and kicking off Asthma Awareness Month, EPA is recognizing two leading asthma management programs that serve as national models for effective asthma care. One health plan – Priority Health of Grand Rapids, Mich. – and one health care provider – MaineHealth of Portland, Maine – have earned EPA's 2007 National Environmental Leadership ...
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EPA grant to University of Chicago for research on food allergy triggers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $433,100 grant to the University of Chicago to investigate how allergic reactions to food are initiated. The research is expected to lead to improved methods to assess whether pesticides produced in genetically engineered plants can trigger food allergies, which impact more than 11 million Americans each year. The study is funded through ...
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Balance, Nymbl, and our mission to prevent 1 million falls
If you’re over 65 you’ve no doubt seen plenty of information on BALANCE, most likely from your physician or the multitude of newsletters and articles that are written about aging. Maybe you go to fitness classes for seniors and your instructor works balance into your workouts. Why so much attention on balance? The data is staggering – 1 in 4 Americans aged 65+ ...
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Aidoc Partners With Novant Health, Providing Imaging Ai To Expedite Treatment For Patients In The Emergency Department
Novant Health’s integration of Aidoc’s AI solutions, amid the latest wave of the Omicron variant, expands upon its existing slate of innovative technologies designed to improve delivery of patient care and outcomes Aidoc, the leading provider of enterprise-grade AI solutions for medical imaging, announces a partnership with Novant Health, a health network of over 1,800 physicians ...
By Aidoc
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EPA recognizes five organizations for outstanding leadership in asthma care (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring five organizations with the agency’s 2010 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management. The recipients have demonstrated outstanding leadership in improving the health of people living with asthma. Twenty-three million people in the United States, including 7 million children, suffer from asthma, which is one of the ...
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Take action this summer to reduce exposure to asthma triggers
Summer heat is here, and that means it is more important than ever for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments to pay close attention to the air quality where they live. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour. During the summer when ozone levels rise, the number of people with asthma related symptoms admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms ...
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In a Single Real-World Deployment of over 1,300 Patients, Spire Health’s RPM Service Escalated Patients experiencing Respiratory Exacerbation with 68% Accuracy
Spire Health, the leading provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) for chronic respiratory disease patients, today announced the results of a real-world study of 1,366 patients at a Virginia-based, multi-provider pulmonary clinic. Among the 188 escalations using Spire’s AI-based system, 68% were pharmacologically treated for acute exacerbation by their pulmonologist. The primary ...
By Spire Health
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RIVANNA announces award from U.S. government to develop Accuro Platform for rapid triage of blast-related injuries
RIVANNA, developers of imaging-based medical solutions, announced that they have received a contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for the design and development of a computer-aided 3D fracture detection ...
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Asthma Triggers from Mold in Indoor Environments can be Deadly
A new study reported in Indoor Environment Connections’ August issue discusses Harvard researchers’ findings that some people with certain genes appear to be more likely to suffer asthmatic attacks in homes with high levels of mold. A few years ago a study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, indicated that children’s asthma risk more than doubled if ...
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EPA helps people take control of their asthma
Local air quality affects how you live and breathe. Like the weather, it can change from day to day or even hour to hour. Add pollutants in the indoor air of people’s homes and workplaces, and you have conditions that can be extremely serious for people with respiratory diseases such as asthma. Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening respiratory disease that affects the health of ...
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Some Health Care Professionals in Puerto Rico at Risk of Exposure to Waste Anesthetic Gases
Waste anesthetic gases (WAGs) are small amounts of volatile anesthetic gases that leak from a patient’s anesthetic breathing circuit into the air of operating rooms during the delivery of anesthesia. These gases may also be exhaled by patients recovering from anesthesia. Waste anesthetic gases include both nitrous oxide and halogenated anesthetics. The Occupational Safety and Health ...
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Take action on hot summer days to reduce asthma attacks
Summer is here and the hot weather can cause ozone levels to rise, making the air unhealthy to breathe, especially for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments. On days like today and throughout the hot summer months, it’s important to pay close attention to air quality. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour, and can have a serious affect on ...
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IAQ Marketing Specialist Reveals his Personal Fight with Mold
A fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis, also known as Valley Fever, took its toll on Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane & Associates, LLC. In the October 2010 issue of Indoor Environment Connections a personal story of one of the industry’s own is detailed in an article entitled, “A Fungal Infection of the Lungs”. The article details the story of the ...
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Take action this summer to reduce exposure to asthma triggers
Summer heat is here, and that means it is more important than ever for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments to pay close attention to the air quality where they live. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour. During the summer when ozone levels rise, the number of people with asthma related symptoms admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms ...
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EPA Strengthens Ozone Standards to Protect Public Health/Science-based standards to reduce sick days, asthma attacks, emergency room visits, greatly outweigh costs
Based on extensive scientific evidence on effects that ground-level ozone pollution, or smog, has on public health and welfare, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has strengthened the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion (ppb) from 75 ppb to protect public health. The updated standards will reduce Americans’ exposure to ...
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